Marple's Pacific Northwest Letter, a bible of the Northwest economy, is predicting that Oregon, "if not yet in recession, it likely soon will be." The reasons: sectors like lumber exposed to the...
The cure-du-jour for skyrocketing housing prices, at least in Seattle City Hall, is something called inclusionary zoning, or IZ. It's in effect in more than 300 urban areas in the country. Typically...
One of today's top stories is the decline of housing prices in the Seattle area, where the average price has dropped 1.3 percent, comparing January 2008 with the previous January. It's the first such...
The City of Seattle is in a pickle over its five, very expensive public toilets. In the spirit of adding to this decade-long debate, I have a suggestion: keyed toilets. The idea comes from Freeway...
The respected Chronicle of Higher Education has just published a new report on the scramble for academic earmarks. A surprise, considering how well the University of Washington does in federally...
Maybe a recession will help revive attendance at movie theaters, where escapist fare does well in hard times. Meanwhile, the cineplexes are diversifying their fare, helped along by digital technology...
